Avi Kivity wrote: > Baruch Even wrote: >> Hello, >> >> What do peoples do/think about the permissions for /dev/kvm? >> >> I'm the maintainer for the Debian package and currently the package uses >> a group to control access, for no good reason really. I've seen that >> kqemu in Debian simply uses 0666 permissions and consider doing the same >> for kvm. I wanted to know what others do in other distributions and what >> others think the permissions should be. >> >> > > I recommend 0660, and setting /dev/kvm's group to 'kvm'. Users which > need access to kvm can be added to that group.
OK. This is what happens right now. > When kvm stops locking so much memory, I guess this can be relaxed. OK. It would be nice if you notify when you think this change is a good idea. Relaxing access will make kvm easier to use which is always a good thing. Baruch ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
